The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-06-10
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


Pay special attention to honest
performance. test the stock, weed out
Improbable animals.-Lire Stock Lndi-
Gator.
Good Pie Crust: One cup Of good
cream, one teaspOonful of baking-pOw-
der, and -four to mix soft. This Is
splendid.
The richest soils, under crude cul-
ture and poor management, fail to pro-
duce as profitable returns as do worm
out soils cultivated by improved meth
DDS.
Make your tea in an earthen YES
sci 1t may be poured into we'll
warmed china or silver TEAPOT after it
is drawn, If desired. FSted Gssd
Stockman.
Mr.. Terry's example has been
worth a bag of money to the farmers
of this country. in teaching them not
to ''hog over" their land, but to farm
little and farm it well.-Ohio Farmer.
Remove your old house. pillow up
the place where it stood and see how it
produces; cover spot ten feet square
with boards and keep it covered five or
ten years. and it is rich.-Golden Rule.
To Make Mucilage: Put a large
teaspoonful of gum-Arabic in a bottle
which will hold about a teacupful. fill
up with rain water, and when it is dis
solved it will be as good as what you
can buy for five times the cost. If not
thick enough to suit, put in little
more gum.-Rurul New Yorker.
Every farmer should keep pot Of
paint in his workshop, or still better. a
key Of crude petroleum. to be applied
to all the wooden parts of tools. Keep
the tools clean and paint and oil them.
This operation pays better than any
thing which the owner can do with
equal ease.-Clereland Leader.
When finger or toe is bruised 50
as to cause a blood blister under the
nail. the nail should Immediately be
drilled with knife or other sharp
pointed instrument, and the blood al
lowed to escape. This affords instant
relief to an injury which may other
wise become exceedingly painful.
Pumpkin Bread. One quart stewed
pumpkin run through fine seive, one
quart buttermilk. one teaspOonful of
salt, one cup Of New Orleans molasses.
.cornmeal enough to makes thick bat
ter. Bake in Dutch oven slowly all
night. In the morning it will be baked
thoroughly and ready for breakfast
Farm, Field and Stockman. '-'-
The Horticultural Times, Of Lon
don, Eng, says that in spite of the
quantity of apples imported from
America, homegrown fruit brings
one-third more all round than the i'm
ported fruit, and finds the reason i'm
the superior quality of the home pro-
duct. Here is a lesson for our fruit
growers. -Cincinnoti Times.
Young men who are starting on
new farms, or are starting anew on old
poOrly-improved farms, should not
neglect to plant trees. They protect
the crops, give shelter to man and
beast; they furnish much needed tim
Der. and handy fuel; they beautify and
ornament the home. and make the very
home associations more sweet.-Prdj-
re Farmer.
Ribbon Cake: Three eggs, one and
one-half cups Of sugar. one-half cup of
butter, twO-thirds cup Of sweet milk,
three cups of flour. and two heaping
teaspoonfuls of baking-powder; mix
all thoroughly. Take out One-third for
the dark loaf. add to it One-half cup of
raisins. two tablespoonfuls of molasses.
and spices to taste. Bake the light in
two lOaves and the dark in one, and
put together with jelly or frosting.-
Household.